750 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



Leucocidin of Staphylococcua pyogenes 



aureus, obtaining of, 330 

 Leucocyte extract, 289 



effect of, upon infections in animals, 

 290 

 in man, 291 

 experimentation with, 291 

 obtaining of, 290 

 Leucotoxin, 201, 331 

 Liborius' method of anaerobic cultiva- 

 tion of bacteria, 149 

 Light in destruction of bacteria, 63 

 action of, 64 

 resistance to, 63 

 varieties of, 64 

 Lime, chloride of, as disinfectant, 76 

 Limes death, definition of, 208 

 Limes zero, 207 

 Linen, etc., disinfection of, 87 

 von Lingelsheim, discovery of Diplococ- 

 cus mucosus by, 387 

 discovery of Micrococcus pharyngis 

 siccus by, 387 

 Lipase, 47 



Liver and gall-bladder, inflammatory 

 conditions of, attributed to colon 

 baciUus, 395 

 Lobar pneumonia, infectiousness of, 



352 

 Loeffler and Schiltz, discovery of glan- 

 ders bacillus by, 528 

 LoeflSer's malachite-green media, isola- 

 tion of typhoid bacillus in stools by, 

 409 

 Loeffler's method of staining flagella, 



100 

 Loeffler's serum medium, 131 

 Lustgarten, discovery of smegma bacil- 

 lus by, 503 

 Lysins, 224 



action of, Bordet's interpretation of, 

 225 

 compared with Ehrlich's, 225, 228 

 summary of, 228 

 EhrUch's theory of, 226 

 compared with Bordet's, 226 

 complement in, 226 

 immune body in, 226 



Lysins, action of, Ehrlich's theory of 

 immune body in, formation 

 of, 226 

 haptophore groups in, 228 

 eomplementophile, 228 

 cytophile, 228 

 red corpuscles in, 227 

 side chains or receptors in, 226 

 over-reproduction of, 226 

 in blood serum, 225 

 experimentation in, 224 

 in immune blood serum, reactivated 



by normal serum, 226 

 in normal blood serum, Bordet's theory 

 of, 225 

 alexin in, 225 



sensitizing substance in, 225 

 investigation of, by Ehrhch, 226 

 Lysol, 78 

 Lyssa. See Rabies 



Maassen filter, 124 



MacConkey's bile-salt agar, for colon- 



ts^phoid differentiation, 138 

 Macrophages, definition of, 276 

 Madura foot. See Mycetoma 

 Malachite-green media, for colon-ty- 

 phoid differentiation, 136 

 bouillon, 137 



LoeflBer's, for isolation of typhoid 

 baciUus in stools, 409 

 Malignant edema, bacillus of, 468 

 cultivation of, 470 

 early investigation of, 469 

 immunity in, 471 

 morphology of, 469 

 pathogenicity of, 470 

 staining of, 470 

 Mallein, 532 

 action of, 533 

 diagnostic use of, 533 

 directions of U. S; government for, 

 534 

 obtaining and preparation of, 533 

 Malta fever, 549 



in domestic animals, 549 

 Maltase, 50 

 MaragUano's serum for tuberculosis, 498 



